Films like Repast
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Film · 1952 · also dramaThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
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Early Summer
Film · 1951 · also dramaIn postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital...
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After the Rain
Film · 2000 · also dramaA group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped traveler...
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Maborosi
Film · 1995 · also dramaA tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
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Late Spring
Film · 1949 · also dramaNoriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he ma...
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An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 1962 · also dramaWidower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest...
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A Man
Film · 2022 · also dramaAkira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
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Café Lumière
Film · 2004 · also dramaIn a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She...
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Sweet Bean
Film · 2015 · also dramaThe master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found...
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After the Storm
Film · 2016 · also dramaRyota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 1...
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